Over the course of the last decade interrogation techniques involved violence, yelling, and trying to “outsmart” the person being interviewed. Sadly that’s how interrogations were shown in entertainment and in reality at places like Guantanamo (which is still running). This bizarre approach to information gathering bothered psychologists Emily and Laurence
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Montreal Simon: Omar Khadr and the Day of Justice
I've written many posts about the case of Omar Khadr. I consider the way that Canadian child soldier was treated by his own government to be one of the worst legal travesties in modern Canadian history.And one that should shame us all.So I'm glad to see that he is finally going
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Omar Khadr: The Last Post and the Happy Ending
In the last nine years I wrote more than 100 posts about the case of Omar Khadr, because I considered it one of the most shameful episodes in modern Canadian history.And could never accept that a Canadian child soldier could be tortured and jailed in…
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Online comments on news stories: a problem for everyone Syrian refugee stories on news sites are prompting some backlash in the comments section of some websites By Bal Brach, CBC News Posted: Jan 10, 2016 8:00 AM PT Last Updated: Jan … Continue reading →
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Freedom of Omar Khadr and the Shame of the Con Regime
I wrote my first post on Omar Khadr eight years ago, and called it The Guantanamo Kid and Canada's Shame.And nothing that has happened since has ever changed my view. For what was done to that child soldier has been one of the most shameful episodes in modern Canadian history, and
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Omar Khadr moved to Edmonton prison after months in solitary confinement
Former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has been transferred to the maximum-security Edmonton Institution in Alberta after spending months in solitary confinement at Millhaven penitentiary in Ontario, where a fellow inmate once threatened his life. The post Omar Khadr moved to Edmonton prison after months in solitary confinement appeared first on
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Surely this has got to be the ultimate Tale of Two Nazanins. Better still, Of Denial And The Tale of Two Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKays. The brand new wife of Conservative Defence Minister Peter MacKay is fuming. She accuses a journalist baiting her to criticize the Harper Government on the Omar
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Omar Khadr and the Invisible Kid
I love this UNICEF message. It's one of the best messages against bullying and violence against children I have ever seen. But for some reason it also makes me think of our invisible kid, Omar Khadr. And makes me wonder who will protect him from the depravity of Vic Toews? Read more
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It's a Canadian horror story. A young boy is taken from his Toronto home by his Jihadi father, to a place he never should have been. He is riddled with shrapnel, shot twice in the back. The bullets exploding out of his chest and exposing his beating heart. He is
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No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees – The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 – by Andrew Cohen Whatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation’s inapt (and inept) handling of the terror-law detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the newly-revealed documents remind us again of the wide gulf
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No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees – The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 – by Andrew Cohen Whatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation’s inapt (and inept) handling of the terror-law detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the newly-revealed documents remind us again of the wide gulf
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No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees – The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 – by Andrew CohenWhatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation’s inapt (and inept) handling of the terror-law detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the newly-rev…
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About the “Torture Program”, a very interesting post at Invictus Blog – March 22, 2011
http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/means-and-ends-newly-published-notes-of.html
Extracts:
“One of the primary reasons exploitation is used on prisoners is to produce false confessions. Indeed, it was the torture of Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi that was used to provide the false intelligence about Saddam Hussein seeking nuclear materials that was to provide a major casus belli for the United States for their war with Iraq. “
“Up until now, the primary narrative surrounding the torture scandal has been about the purported efficacy of using torture to produce intelligence in the “war on terror.” But the new Jessen material demonstrates that the program used as the basis for the “reverse-engineering” of the SERE torture techniques was a full-blown exploitation program, whose aims went far beyond the mere elicitation of information, but included the physical and psychological pressures to produce absolute compliance in prisoners for the purpose of false confessions, show trials, recruitment of spies, and medical experimentation.”
“My end of the bargain was that I had to verbally repeat my story, agreeing with anything they added, even when they dictated my thoughts, beliefs and actions incorrectly. They also fed me things to say about other detainees as well. I did so obediently, even though I knew they were all lies.”
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http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/means-and-ends-newly-published-notes-of.html
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By the way, where are the so brave, non ordinary, “special” “compliance scientists” who proudly embraced “interrogations” and who knows whatever else?
Shouldn’t these powerful and righteous “all professionals” , all “scientists” be speaking about their achievements with pride?
George Bush did…
And since they are , or believe to be , “special” , non ordinary people and above all “having more power than Bush”, they should step up to their “values” and proudly take responsibility for their “scientific achievements”. Isn’t that how it should be?
Or are they, men and women, soooooo brave in the shadows but cowards in the light ?
“…choose you this day whom ye will serve..” Joshua 24:15
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About the “Torture Program”, a very interesting post at Invictus Blog – March 22, 2011 “Means and Ends: Newly Published Notes of Bruce Jessen Reveal Real Purpose of Bush’s Torture Program” http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/means-and-ends-newly-published-notes-of.html Extracts: “One of the primary reasons exploitation is used on prisoners is to produce false confessions. Indeed, it
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: "Specials" and "ALL SCIENTISTS, ALL SCIENTISTS !!!"
About the “Torture Program”, a very interesting post at Invictus Blog – March 22, 2011 “Means and Ends: Newly Published Notes of Bruce Jessen Reveal Real Purpose of Bush’s Torture Program” http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/means-and-ends-newly-published-notes-of.html Extracts: “One of the primary reasons exploitation is used on prisoners is to produce false confessions. Indeed, it
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: Andy Worthington’s YouTube Channel Now Available
Youtube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AndyWorthington1?feature=mhum
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison (published by Pluto Press, distributed by Macmillan in the US, and available from Amazom)
Nine Years of Guantanamo. What Now? Jan 12, 2011
Watch on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05HNc4c6OjU
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture: Andy Worthington’s YouTube Channel Now Available
Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/AndyWorthington1?feature=mhum Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison (published by Pluto Press, distributed by Macmillan in the US, and available from Amazom) Nine Years of Guantanamo. What Now? Jan 12, 2011Watch on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05HNc4c6OjU
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: Andy Worthington’s YouTube Channel Now Available
Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/AndyWorthington1?feature=mhum Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison (published by Pluto Press, distributed by Macmillan in the US, and available from Amazom) Nine Years of Guantanamo. What Now? Jan 12, 2011
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